May 7 - Concurrent session schedule (1) Transitions In, Through & Out of College (2) Student Development 51 presenters total (not including Dr. Tinto) (3) Social Inclusion Updated: April 22 (4) Current Issues (5) Transition Toolkit Special Session Time Session Title/College(s) Presenter(s) Session Summary Location Requirements 11:15-12:15 pm 1 A1/A17 - Transition to College, Get Becca Allan, Orientation and Transition Together Centennial and Georgian College will share their transition programming from orientation to leadership. K318 Connected, Stay Connected Programming Coordinator, Mike Zecchino, Housing and Student Life Learn about Centennial's Road to Success transitions framework and our Leadership Passport program designed to Manager, Seona Morrison, Student Life connect students to each other, the institution and their communities. The cornerstones of getting started (Centennial Advisor Welcomes and Extended Orientation), getting supported (Service Fairs) and getting involved (Engagement Week and Leadership Passport) will be explored. The focus will be on the newly implemented Engagement Weeks, created to align with our semesterly break weeks and our innovative Leadership Passport program which results in students receiving a Darryl Creeden, Director Student Distinction in Leadership (second credential) at convocation. Transitioning to Academic and Recruitment and Transitions and Personal Success Christine Haesler, Manager of Student Georgian will share their 4 main transition programming events designed to connect incoming students with their college, Development, Transitions and Service staff, peers and the local community across all 7 of our campuses. It encourages the building of relationships and Georgian College, Centennial College Learning developing of connections making Georgian into their new home. Get Connected is our pre orientation program where we invite students on campus before classes have begun, but after they have picked their timetable. Orientation day is an opportunity for to connect and engage with peers, faculty and students outside the classroom. The Stay Connected - Ask Me booth help is available in our main traffic areas for the first few weeks of class from 8am – 1pm. Late Connection Orientation – is our event to ensure that all students have the opportunity to connect – even if they joined our college late or were not able to attend orientation day. 2 A2 - Delivering Counselling and Jim Lees, Coordinator of Counselling Using videoconferencing to deliver counselling in Ontario is rare. “An Analysis of Counselling Services in Ontario Colleges” K320 Student Services Through Video showed that the vast majority of counselling is provided ‘face to face’, being physically present in the same room, with 96% of Ontario’s counsellors indicating they had never used video to conduct counselling (Lees and Dietsche, 2012). This Confederation College was a bit surprising, given the ubiquitous nature of video capability routinely utilized by the general public and by other professional groups, in business and health particularly. For example, health service professions in Ontario, through the Ontario Telemedicine Network have been utilizing videoconferencing for consultation and clinical assessment for close to three decades. With funding provided by the Mental Health Innovation Fund, Confederation College through a multi- college project entitled “Bridging the Distance” (http://bridgingthedistance.com/) set up a virtual student service network linking the eight regional campuses to the main campus in Thunder Bay. The regional campuses are 3 ½ to 5 ½ road hours from the main campus. In addition to counselling services, academic advisement, financial aid and accessibility services were made available through video. The session will provide an overview of how the system was established, the progress made during the first two years of the project and lessons learned. Special Session Time Session Title/College(s) Presenter(s) Session Summary Location Requirements 3 E1/8 - “Summer Transition Bruno Mancini, Director, The Summer Transition Program is a joint summer program offered by Conestoga College and the University of K322 Program for Students with Mental Counselling & Student Accessibility Guelph to facilitate the transition of any student with mental health issues from the secondary school system Health Issues” Services, University of Guelph to university and college. This program will be conducted in two phases. Shawna Bernard, Counsellor/ Conestoga College, University of Coordinator, Counselling Services, The first is a one week residential experience held at the University of Guelph in early July that will focus on the Guelph Conestoga College development of the generic skills and knowledge required by both college and university students to smooth out what can be a period of significant challenge for students with mental health issues. The second phase of the program will be two separate and unique programs held at Conestoga and the University of Guelph just prior to Orientation week. Both programs will focus on the specific resources and supports available at both campuses to help students make a successful transition to their respective post- secondary settings. 4 A12 - Engaging Students to Prevent Christine Blake-Durie and Pamela Status of Women Canada spearheaded a nation-wide strategy addressing gender-based violence on post–secondary K324 Violence on Post -Secondary Nitert, Marnie Herskovits, Yellow Brick campuses. Yellow Brick House partnered with Seneca College in order to ascertain best practices in engaging young Campuses House people in preventing violence on campuses. Two surveys, safety assessments, and focus groups with diverse students yielded compelling findings that indicated need for a multi-tiered approach aimed at prevention and awareness, building Seneca College bystander capacities, and improved service provision for college members who had experienced violence. “Mobilizing Connected Bystanders” emerged as critical in addressing violence on post-secondary campuses in a student-engaged way. The recognition that diverse views on violence prevention exist on most college campuses, as well as student diversity in age, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, and aboriginal status means that approaches to intervention and prevention must be fluid and responsive to shifting perspectives and attitudes. What became clear was that if every member of a college campus family could be better equipped to identify and name violence, and then intervene in a way that was a fit for them, diverse approaches would always be respected. Through these findings, Seneca College and Yellow Brick House were able to cultivate a Campus Community Plan that addresses the specific needs of all campus stakeholders including staff, faculty, and students. In this session, Seneca College and Yellow Brick House will share the project outcomes including best practices, enhanced safety provisions, supporting the work, and how the findings will impact the campus community today and in the future. Special Session Time Session Title/College(s) Presenter(s) Session Summary Location Requirements 5 B1 - Measuring Contributions of Helen Sheridan, Corporate Research The Academic Area uses institutional data for such activities as program review, retention, and faculty evaluation; but K326 Student Support Services and Analyst and Nancy Miyagi, Special what about Student Services? There may be a wealth of institutional data at your college that can help identify students Enhancing Student Success with Research & Evaluation Projects who are at risk, who are using your initiatives or services, who are engaged with their studies, and who are satisfied with Institutional Data your services. Mohawk College, George Brown This presentation will identify the different sources of institutional data like Student Entrance Survey, Student KPI College Satisfaction Survey, Student Engagement Survey, P.A.S.S. (Peer Assisted Student Sessions) initiative, at-risk student outreach, Clockworks, and retention analysis. We will look at challenges with some institutional data, how the data can be used, how to organize an initiative in order to collect data and other ways in getting additional information and feedback, all of which could assist with student success. EA Sharing Best Practices Rhonda Scharf This session will provide participants with the opportunity to share best practices, unique ideas, tips and tricks related to TBC the role of administrative support to the Vice Presidents, Students Presenters Session Summary Location Special Requirements 1:30-2:30 pm 1 F3 - Cognitive Strategies for Judith McKinnon, Career Counsellor Learn about a collection of strategies that have proven useful for working with students of all ages. Topics K318 Personal and Career Success and Donna Fundy Brennan, covered will include: Visualization and the power of attitude; use of metaphors – visual, physical textural, Employment Consultant aspects of emotional intelligence including awareness of self-talk, internal dialogues, and belief systems. The Sheridan College session will include both theoretical background and practical application. 2 A8 - Using Social Media to Engage Dr. Heather Drummond, Ed.D. Students are more connected digitally than ever; post-secondary institutional budgets are shrinking, this is the K320 Students: Thinking Outside the (Counselling Psychology), time to find innovative ways of engaging our students and encouraging